Serving and washing tray



April 18, 1933. J. P. CAVANO ET AL 1,9 4, 6

Filed May 24, 1930 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 April 1933. J. P. cAvANo ET AL SERVING AND WASHING TRAY Filed May 24, 1930 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 m NM N NKMN ii-Phil III I Patented Apr. 18,1933 I r V I UNITED STATES PATENT]? oFF c-E I JOHN P. CAVANO AND GEORGE vom roaxrs, or :oino i a i SERVING AND wAsnING TRAY; V i Application filed May 24.19ao. .sa r 455,261.

This invention relates to a serving and socket comprises'abase portion providedwitli washing tray or rack adapted especially for an annularly upwardly extending flange 16 use in serving, dish-washing, storage and and apair ofwiremembers 17and 18 defining?" shipment of cups, such as teacups or bouillon a cup-shaped socket, being spaced apart-at 7 cups. their ends to allowfthe handles ofa cup to An object of the invention is to provide project between them, and'providedwitli one? i a device of this character which shall be cheap or more braces 19, as maybe required-to 1m: andsimple in construction and efficientin use, partsuificien't rigidity.- V V which will provide for stacking of a pluralityv The cover consists of a rectangular frame of the trays irrespective of whether the cover made up o'fiside members andend mam is in place, which will allow of comparatively bers 21 together with longitudinally extend rough handling without danger of breaking ing metallic bars 22,1tran'sversely extending the cups, and which will admit of the transnon-metallic bars 23, and'a latching'means portation or storage of a plurality of cups consisting of hooks 24'and spring latch mem- 1 having either one handle or two diametribers adapted to engage over the horizontal cally opposed handles. With the foregoing portions 13 of the zigzag bars 13. The"bars I and other objects in view, the invention con- 23 may be of wood and secured underI'struck-- sists in the details of construction and arout curvedtongues 26! It'will be evident rangement of parts hereinafter described and from the drawings that the wooden bars 23 20 l i d, 7 extend directly'above eachIrow'of cupsocket's Fig; l'is a top plan view of my improved to afiord protection to the cups contained serving and washing tray showing the. cover therein. is obvious that the number of in position; Fig. 2 is aside elevation thereof; .bars 22'and 23'may be varied desired to, Fig. 3 is a transverse section; Fig. 4 is a fragprovide forsuitable rigidityand cushioning I 25 mentary detail view designed to show clearly effect. 3 75 the construction of the cover; and Fig. 5 is An importantfeaturefof myinvention is a fragmentary bottom plan view showing one the ability to stack aplurality ofthese defeature of the stacking arrangement. vices one above the other either with the The essential framework consists of a plucover on or without itffor serving, shipping rality of corner angle irons. The angleirons or other purposes. It will bexobservedthat 10 extend along the long sides at the bottom the cover is shorter than the tray and that and are joined by the angles 11 extending the corners of the tray are thereby exposed, across the ends at the low-er portion. Four there being aconsiderable distance between upstanding angles 12 are rigidly connected the end edges of the corner angle irons 12 and with the angles 10 and 11 at the ends thereof the adjacent bars 21. On the bottom of the "i and thus provide a skeleton of the frametray at each corner thereof areprovided work. The side and end walls of the tray downwardlyextending projections28 which consist of zigzag bars 13 extending the length may engage within the corners of a similar and breadth of the tray respectively and each tray when placed thereupon. It is obvious having a horizontal portion 13 near the that these projections 28 may be of such in corner, and each being joined at each end with length as to engage the corners ofan under one of the corner angle irons 12 at the top lying tray irrespective of'whether the cover thereof. Extending across the bottom of the is in position, or they may be of a length ta 7 tray by way of a bottom wall are a plurality so engage only when the cover is removed.

of rods 14 each being secured at or near an From the foregoing, it will be obvious that '95 end to one of the angle irons 10. I have provided a simple construction well Soldered, welded or otherwise secured to adapted for its intended use, and while I the bars 14, which are arranged in pairs, are have illustrated the preferred embodiment,

a plurality of rows of cup sockets secured, I wish it understood that I am not limited one row to each pair of rods 14. Each cup to the details thereof but that I may carry each cup sool'iets'compii'sing'a:wire skeleton framework defining curved socket walls with p 7 "diametrically opposed slots andfia "flanged sheet metal bottom, side walls, each comprise-e r i .15 ing a zigzag wire, and a'covencomprislng'a 7 the scope of the appended claims Having thus described'my invention, what we claim is:

"1. A serving and washing tray comprising a skeleton tray made up of aplurality of angle irons one for each corner, and making up aitray structure, a plu ality ofipairs of cross bars forming-a bottom, a plurality of cup sockets attached to each pair of bars,

metallic frame j shortenthan saidtray and provided with hooks at one side to engagecw a po tionofa side wall, a spring latch at the other-- side to engagejtheopposite side wall said cover above said an ilo rme allio cross members carried by cup sockets to prevent breakage. v I a 12 A serving ttaycompi isvingaskeleton tray made up of a plurality f angle ironslone-foiyeach corner, and making 1 up ,a tiayg structure, aplurality of] pairs of i crossgha 's forming a bottom, a plurality. of cup socketsattached to each painof'bars,

eachgcup :soeket comprising a wire skeleton framework defining curved socket walls with diametrically opposed slots and a; flanged sheet-metal bottom, side Walls, each comprising a zigzag wire,.and a cover comprisinga V e 'metallic (frame-shorter than said tray 7 and provided-with. hooks at one sideto engage a portion of I a sidewall, a spring latch at the other side to'iengage the oppositesidewall, and non-metallic cross5members carried "said cover above said gcup sockets to prevent breakage, there being a'projection on the, bottom of saidqtray at each corner thereof adapted to engage the exposed up pencorners of at similartray.

ouisignaturesr ,1 r t I JOHN P. CAVANO. V v V GEORGE VOND ICAK-ISF 7 "lnitestimony vwhereof, We -hereunto aflix 

